Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Defeat Ron Etchison & Larry Moquin to become the first champions; have previously claimed the title as early as 49-11 (San Francisco Chronicle, 49-11-15).
Also recognized as Northern California champions, defeating Gino Garibaldi & Myron Cox in Modesto, CA next day; vacant when the Sharpes win the World Title on 51-05-22.
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Tom Rice defeat Torres & Etchison on 54-01-29 in Santa Rosa, CA for a local recognition in Sonoma County and are billed as champions until losing to Leo Nomellini & Bobo Brazil in San Francisco, CA on 54-02-23; Torres & Etchison continue to be billed as champions in other towns.
Hard Boiled Haggerty & Danny Plechas
1954-02-13
Fresno, CA
Torres & Etchison continue to be recognized in San Jose, CA but lose to Hard Boiled Haggerty & Tom Rice on 54-03-03 and regain the title on 54-03-10.
Hans Schnabel & Lou Newman are billed as champions in Japan and lose to Rikidōzan & Endō Kōkichi on 54-09-10 in Ōsaka; in San Jose, CA, Enrique Torres & Jess Ortega defeat the Sharpes on 54-10-06 and are still billed as champions as late as 54-11-17; Ortega & Rocky Brown are billed as champions in Sacramento, CA for having "recently defeated the Sharpes in San Francisco" (Sacramento Bee, 54-10-14); Torres & Brown defeat the Sharpes on 55-01-07 in Oakland, CA but the Sharpes continue to be billed as champions in other towns including Napa, CA (The Napa Register, 55-01-14); Sharpes are still/again billed as champions as of 55-11-13 and 55-12-14.
Billed as champions in Marysville, CA (Oroville Mercury, Oroville, CA, 58-06-14); still champions as of 58-07-12; Gene Dubuque & Mike Valentino, world champions, are briefly billed as Pacific Coast champions in Marysville, CA in 58-09 (Appeal-Democrat, Marysvilla, CA, 58-09-06) possibly by mistake.
World champions, also billed as Pacific Coast champions in Stockton, CA (Stockton Record, 60-06-14 & 16) possibly by mistake; still/again Pacific Coast champions in Stockton, CA as of 60-08-25.
